Articles

Computers continually change the way we play chess. The reports about new cases of computer cheating are a sad reality these days. We already discussed the many way computers affect chess in this series of articles: (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 an... |Read More

I am the proud owner of the obscure volume Pillsbury's Chess Career, published in 1922 by the American Chess Bulletin and written by two English amateurs, Philip Walsingham Sergeant and William Henry Watts. For several months i... |Read More

Let this video guide serve as the official reference point to help you find Chess.com videos on your favorite chess players throughout history!
Chess.com has enjoyed lessons from the best coaches and players within our game. Hopefully,... |Read More

Among the less-trodden paths White can follow against the Sicilian Defense is the system with the seemingly paradoxical combination of Nc3 and Bb5.
To my knowledge, this variation, unlike most of the other anti-Sicilians, has no name.... |Read More

This article was published in the "British Chess Magazine" three months after Paul Morphy's death. It was obviously written as a memorial to Morphy and meant to showcase his genius as well as an attempt to explain his winning techniques... |Read More

Blogs

Fabby joins the party! The biggest news of the past two weeks is the recent entry of Grandmaster Fabiano Caruana into the Millionaire Chess Open. Fabby, as he is affectionately called, is undoubtedly one of the world’s best players, rising to a... |Read More

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By local standards this was a huge tournament--around 200 players, not counting the large scholastic tournament sharing the site. It was held at the Lynnwood Convention Center, and felt very spacious after multiple ... |Read More

Did you know that roughly half of all endgames by Master level players come down to Rook and pawn endgames? If you aren’t a master you will still see these endings quite frequently and even more often you will see the possibility of simplifying ... |Read More

News

The Chess.com news team focusus mostly on big events and announcements on these pages, and we don't always have time to mention other chess news stories.
Today we bring you some of the chess-related events and news items of the past month -- som... | Read More

The U.S. has produced and harvested a glut of GMs in the last few years, so it's understandable if you haven't been able to remember them all. GM Mackenzie Molner is one of those names, and his skills will be on display as the invited pl... | Read More

The Swiss town of Biel, home of the long-standing chess festival and grandmaster tournament of the same name, is on the German-French language divide. At least it was before today.
GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, the top French player, won his final ... | Read More

GM David Navara caught GM Radek Wojtaszek in first place by beating GM Richard Rapport as Black in round eight of the Biel Chess Festival's Grandmaster Tournament.
The 48th Biel Chess Festival remains exciting until the very end.... | Read More

Video Lessons

GM Jeffery Xiong is one of the most talented young chess players in the world.
Back in 2014, Xiong was a little-known international master whose brilliancy at the board was evident immediately in Millionaire Chess, the richest open chess tournament ever.
Join GM Maurice Ashley as he reviews this spectacular game move-by-move. | Watch video

Jump inside the mind of IM Keaton Kiewra as he plays a strong grandmaster in a Chess.com blitz showdown.
With time ticking down, which of these titled players will come out on top?
After the game, Keaton slows things down to analyze each move, pointing out missed opportunities for both sides. | Watch video

Fabiano Caruana is one of the most dominant chess players in the world and has made big news with his decision to join the U.S. federation.
IM Keaton Kiewra knew Caruana way back when, so who better to review the super-GM’s performance at Dortmund?
Watch as Caruana dismantles the Evans Gambit in this brilliant game. Don’t forget to read Peter Dogger’s full report on this game in the related links. | Watch video

GM Roman Dzindzichashvili has analyzed a lot of member games, but this is one of the most instructive lessons he’s ever given.
Can both players violate the same chess rule over and over in a single game? You won’t believe what you’re seeing, but it’s true.
| Watch video

Don’t show this video to chess students, because GM Simon Williams recommends moving your queen out early in this spicy opening.
See how to create legitimate threats with your queen in the English Defense — an idea that even got a good position against Anatoly Karpov, one of the best players ever. | Watch video

Chessopedia

Chess is a world-famous game played between two players using 32 pieces (16 each of two distinct colors) on a 64-square board of alternating colors (black and white, or, most commonly, light and dark).
The earliest known ancestor of modern chess ...
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The Scandinavian Defense (also known as the Center Counter) is the chess opening characterized by the first moves 1.e4 d5. Although played by quite a few grandmasters over the years, the Scandinavian is rarely played at the highest levels of ...
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The Latvian gambit would begin 1.e4-e5 2.Nf3-f5 creating a kind of reverse King's Gambit as Black. It is generally a less used gambit for its potential difficulties with king's side attacks from White, as well as its conflicts with some theoretic...
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In chess, as in other games that promote gamesmanship, "The Stare" is a common tactic used by players to intimidate, annoy, confuse and otherwise put an opponant out of his or her comfort zone. It is generally done when a player is trying to thi...
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